Apparel-rack.



PATENTED JULY 28 0. L. WOOD.

APPAREL RACK.

APPLICATION FILED APB..28.1908.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES CHARLES L. woon, or TOPEKA, KANSASH:

APP REL-1240K.

To all whom it mam Be it knownthat I, CHARLES LQWoon, a citizen of the United; States, residing at\-Topeka, in thefcou'n'ty' of Shawnee andState of Kansas, have invented certain new andluseful Improvements in-'Ap Mel-Racks; and I do hereby declare the fo owing tobe a full,

clear, andexact description of the invention,

such as will enable others'skilled in the art to which it appertains 'tofmake and usethe same.

provide an article of furniture designed particularly for use in hotels .forsuppor-ting gar ments and providing dresssuit case, or the "like. v

An important object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which-shallpresent the greatest sim 'licity of parts and of design, and which dhall, therefore, be capable of manufacture andsale at anomie nal cost; which shall be excee'dingly light and, therefore, easy to move about; and.

which shall occu ybut small space ina room;

The drawing is a perspective view of the device.

Referring to the drawing in detail,,A indicates a seat forlthei satchel,"[dress-suitcase,

or the like, of a traveler, or hotel-guest, and

which may also be used by a person to :sit

upon, as when dressing, undressing,resting,

or the like.

The seat is preferably formed, fromithe stand oint' of cheapness, lightness, etc., of

standards may be side rungs a andsecured. to the front legs and the seat arid-to the two rear standards and the seat may be, respectively,front braces a", a and rear braces (1 a Connecting the two rear standards a, a above the seat A is a cross-bar (1 carrying pegs a", or the like. Pivoted to the bar afias upon the pivot-pins a); are arms a, carrying at their outer extremities pegs a", or the like,

Specification of Letters'Patent. Application filed April 2 8 1908. Serial No. 429,765.

a 1 seat I for a satchel,

formed at its opposite en nal slot and a transverse groove, said arms Patented July 28, 1908.

from which garments or coat-hangers may be.

hung.- r I Each of the arms is provided with a'longitudinally-extending slot a, in-which the pivot-pin a is disposed, and in the upper or outer edge of the rear end of each arm there is a transverse groove or mortise a, in which,

the pegs a" repose, when the arms are in operatlve horizontal position. By this arrangement, it is apparent that, to permit the g i arms to swing downward, out of operative The general b ect of this invention is to position, so as to liein the plane of the standards a, a, all that is necessary is totilt the arms upward slightly, so as to disengage them from the pegs a", then pull the arms forward, and let them dro A cross-head a may fie advantageously provided and secured to the standards a, a, at their tops, and this cross-head may carry a trousers hanger a Additional pegs nia also be provided, as shown at (W, a, upon which to hang garments, or the like.

It will be noted that one of the novel features of the invention is the provision of the pegs a a, which subserve a dual function,

. In a device of the character described, a a

seat, two vertical" standards secured to the rear thereof, a cross-bar secured to said standards, pivot-pins on the front face of said cross-bar, arms each provided at one end with a clothes-su, porting peg and g with a longitudibeing mounted u on the pivotpins through the slots, and c othes-sup ortmg pegs secured to the front face oft e cross-bar and adapted to engage the grooves in the arms to lock them in operative horizontal position.

testimony whereof, I afiiir my signature, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES L. W001). 

